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Yukari no hana tabiji no omokage  

Publication Date:  circa 1850
Creator:  歌川, 豊国 3世, 1786-1864
Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865
Publisher:  Ebisuya
Measurements:  35.7 x 24.7 cm
Subjects:  Aristocracy (Social class)
貴族制
Fuji, Mount (Japan)
Mount Fuji (Japan)
富士山
Ariwara, Narihira, 825-880
Mitate Narihira Azuma kudari
在原, 業平, 825-880
見立業平東下り
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V]  

Publication Date:  circa 1794
Creator:  勝川, 春英, 1762-1819
Katsukawa, Shunʼei, 1762-1819
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Ichikawa, Danjūrō, 1741-1806
市川, 団十郎 5世, 1741-1806
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Waka Murasaki nenju gyoji no uchi, Minazuki  

Publication Date:  1849/1850
Creator:  歌川, 豊国 3世, 1786-1864
Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865
Publisher:  Ebisuya
Measurements:  35.7 x 24.7 cm
Subjects:  Moon
Boats and boating
Princes
Gardens
月
ボート
Aristocracy (Social class)
貴族制
Princesses
Ponds
プリンス
プリンセス
池
庭園
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Actors of the Kabuki stage  

Creator:  勝川, 春英, 1762-1819
Katsukawa, Shunʼei, 1762-1819
Format:  1 album, each sheet H31 x W14.5 cm
Measurements:  31.0 x 14.0 (each sheet)
Technique:  Ukiyoe print, Hosoban format
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Tōtei no aki no tsuki  

Publication Date:  circa 1810
Creator:  歌川, 豊国 3世, 1786-1864
Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865
Publisher:  Kojima or Manjū
Measurements:  21.5 x 25.0 cm
Subjects:  Moon
Rivers
Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
月
Autumn
Streams
渓流
川
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

平治物語  

Publication Date:  Late-17th century
Material:  Stich-bound illustated manuscripts
Measurements:  H23.5 x W17.05cm
Subjects:  Japan -- History -- Hōgen and Heiji Insurrections, 1156-1159 -- Fiction
平治の乱
日本 -- 平治の乱
アジア -- 日本 -- 関西 - 京都府 - 京都
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Actor Nakamura Sukegorō II as Kaminari Shōkurō, in the kabuki play ''Karigane gonin otoko", performed at Nakamura theatre in 1780]  

Publication Date:  1780
Creator:  勝川, 春章, 1726-1792
Katsukawa, Shunshō, 1726-1793
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Nakamura-za
Nakamura theatre
中村座
Nakamura Sukegorō, 1745-1806
Karigane gonin otoko
雁金五人男
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Actor Ichikawa Yaozō as Tachibanaya Hachirōbei and Segawa Kikunojō as Hamoya Otsuma in the play is "Awase Kosode Chishio no Some iro" performed in 1799 at Ichimura theatre  

Publication Date:  1799
Creator:  歌川, 豊国 3世, 1786-1864
Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865
Publisher:  Nishimuraya Yohachi
Measurements:  39.0 x 26.0 cm
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Ichikawa Yaozō, 1735-1777
Segawa Kikunojō, 1751-1810
瀬川, 菊之丞 3世, 1751-1810
Ichimura-za
市村座
Awase Kosode Chishio no Some iro
Ichimura theatre
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Actor Sawamura Sojnro III]  

Publication Date:  circa 1780
Creator:  勝川, 春好, 1743-1812
Katsukawa, Shunkō, 1743-1812
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Sawamura Sōjūro, 1753-1801
沢村, 宗十郎 3世, 1753-1801
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

保元物語  

Publication Date:  Late-17th century
Material:  Stich-bound illustated manuscripts
Measurements:  H23.5 x W17.05cm
Subjects:  Japan -- History -- Hōgen and Heiji Insurrections, 1156-1159 -- Fiction
アジア -- 日本 -- 関西 - 京都府 - 京都
保元の乱
日本 -- 保元の乱
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

平治物語  

Publication Date:  Late-17th century
Material:  Stich-bound illustated manuscripts
Measurements:  H23.5 x W17.05cm
Subjects:  Japan -- History -- Hōgen and Heiji Insurrections, 1156-1159 -- Fiction
平治の乱
日本 -- 平治の乱
アジア -- 日本 -- 関西 - 京都府 - 京都
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

平治物語  

Publication Date:  Late-17th century
Material:  Stich-bound illustated manuscripts
Measurements:  H23.5 x W17.05cm
Subjects:  Japan -- History -- Hōgen and Heiji Insurrections, 1156-1159 -- Fiction
平治の乱
日本 -- 平治の乱
アジア -- 日本 -- 関西 - 京都府 - 京都
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

亜墨利加国賑之図  

Publication Date:  1861
Creator:  歌川, 広重 2世, 1826-1869
Utagawa, Hiroshige, 1826?-1869
Publisher:  Yamajin
Measurements:  36.4 x 25.0 cm
Subjects:  Towns
Cities and towns
United States
都市と町
町
都市
アメリカ合衆国
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Tōto Kinryūzan Asakusa-dera no zu  

Publication Date:  1840's
Creator:  昇亭, 北寿, 1763-1824?
Shōtei Hokuju, 1763-1824?
昇亭北壽
Publisher:  Yamamoto-ya Heikichi
Measurements:  24.8 x 36.0 cm
Subjects:  Shrines
Asakusa Shrine (Tokyo, Japan)
神社
浅草神社
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Actor Segawa Kikunojō III depicts a woman with a karakasa umbrella  

Publication Date:  circa 1780
Creator:  勝川, 春章, 1726-1792
Katsukawa, Shunshō, 1726-1793
Measurements:  31.0 x 15.0 cm
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Umbrellas
Karakasa
傘
からかさ
かさ
Segawa Kikunojō, 1751-1810
瀬川, 菊之丞 3世, 1751-1810
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
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